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Gameday Thread: Baylor (4-1) returns home to face West Virginia (2-3)

October 8, 2021
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Baylor (4-1) looks to rebound after its first loss of the 2021 football season when it faces West Virginia (2-3) on Saturday at 11 a.m. CT inside McLane Stadium. 

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Dave Aranda: “We're excited for the fans for this next one, for sure. In looking ahead to this week, just seeing the opportunity for us to be able the put a game together, right? To start off a game fast and then to close out, the first half strong, and then to close out the game strong. And to do it with a with a real strong energy and a real strong competitive maturity. When we get into those pressured situations, and those tough moments, to be at our best, I think those are things that we've been really working on and are really looking forward to showing and would love to be able to have a crowd there that can energize us. I know for our players to be able to play in front of the home crowd is something they look forward to.”

Craig Smoak’s Players to Watch 

Baylor — QB Gerry Bohanon

With the uptick in competition, Bohanon has shown some growing pains. West Virginia will bring the heat on defense this weekend, and the margin for error will be slim. Bohanon needs to let 'er rip on Saturday while having his head on a swivel. Establishing the passing game early and often is critical to avoiding a repeat of last week's first half.

West Virginia — Quarterback Jarret Doege 

Throughout his career, Doege has been prone to inconsistency and turnovers, similar to Spencer Sanders. Take last Saturday, for example. His first drive interception and third drive sack-fumble directly led to Tech's early 14-0 lead. Then, in the second half, the Texas native led four scoring drives to tie the game at 20 before falling to a late field goal. Backup Garrett Greene will be involved too, but a lot will ride on which version of Doege shows up against the Bears defense.

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Gameday Thread: Baylor (4-1) returns home to face West Virginia (2-3)

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Johnny Bear
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In reply to True Grit • 12:36p, 10/9/21
True Grit said:
Hate all three of those calls with the ball at midfield...

WVU Hasn't stopped the vertical passing game all day. Why you go back to throwing horizontal and run plays all of a sudden is beyond me. Points on that drive probably seals the game.
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12:36p, 10/9/21
Aranda turned back into Aranda.
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12:36p, 10/9/21
Looks like lots of open seats in the upper deck
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12:37p, 10/9/21
Too damn conservative for my taste, but I get it.
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12:38p, 10/9/21
I don't understand how we don't have special teams players who can down the ball when our punter lands it inside the 5.
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12:38p, 10/9/21
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Yep we had the wind also and going for it on fourth would not have hurt us if we didn't make it
This is about a 15mph wind
Great Baylor Merchandise -> https://bit.ly/2M8DuHk
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12:39p, 10/9/21
Should have taken at least one shot downfield on that series
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12:40p, 10/9/21
Rattler May have been benched after the fumble
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12:42p, 10/9/21
Only Baylor fans would be complaining at halftime up 28-10
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12:42p, 10/9/21
OU offense looking good on this drive

Damn I hate their band
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In reply to True Grit • 12:43p, 10/9/21
True Grit said:
Hate all three of those calls with the ball at midfield...


Where'd the go for the jugular mentality run and hide to with ball at 50 and 2:50 to play? Disappointing. We need more points
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In reply to TheDaiyaanKing • 12:43p, 10/9/21
TheDaiyaanKing said:
Only Baylor fans would be complaining at halftime up 28-10


I'm gonna bet it happens on all sports forums
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12:44p, 10/9/21
Surprised the sooners kicked there. Field goals aren't going to win this game.
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In reply to TheDaiyaanKing • 12:45p, 10/9/21
TheDaiyaanKing said:
Only Baylor fans would be complaining at halftime up 28-10


They could have basically ended the game there with a TD and did nothing with the ball

Who wouldn't be frustrated with that
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In reply to TheDaiyaanKing • 12:49p, 10/9/21
TheDaiyaanKing said:
Only Baylor fans would be complaining at halftime up 28-10
Fair point, but with WVa getting the ball back after halftime, you could theoretically be down to only an 11-point lead if they have an opening half score.

It's just odd to get so conservative with really good field position, time, and timeouts in that situation.
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In reply to RedBear05 • 12:49p, 10/9/21
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Too damn conservative for my taste, but I get it.
Agreed. I wanted to see us attack there. One more score before the half effectively ends the game.

But WVU's offense is so bad, I understand not wanting to make a game-changing mistake. Especially with the Mountaineers getting the ball out of the half.
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12:49p, 10/9/21
It would be a great day if we continue to roll and UT let's Oklahoma come back and win. Oh, that would be sweet.
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12:50p, 10/9/21
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Great Baylor Merchandise -> https://bit.ly/2M8DuHk
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In reply to gobears20 • 12:52p, 10/9/21
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That's pretty cool.
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12:56p, 10/9/21
Our D has 3 sacks and our O has given up none.
1 INT, but given up none.
Biggest deal to me, only one penalty and it was ticky tack by the refs.
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In reply to bear2be2 • 12:56p, 10/9/21
It's worth the risk. They come out and score here to make it an 11 point game then it looks even worse. 18 point lead is great! But there was no reason to not try to at least get into FG position. Playing conservative the rest of the game is a horrible idea. We got to stay aggressive. Go for the jugular
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1:00p, 10/9/21
Good job WVU, get a penalty on the kickoff
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1:00p, 10/9/21
Baylor secondary coverage has such a bug cushion I've always wondered why
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In reply to gobears20 • 1:02p, 10/9/21
Holy…that was freaking amazing. Thanks for posting this
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1:04p, 10/9/21
Coverage is ultra bad right now
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1:04p, 10/9/21
Somehow our DL already looks gassed on this first series
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1:05p, 10/9/21
Not sure why we're playing so much zone defense against a rather poor receiving corps.
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1:06p, 10/9/21
Defense needs to come out of the locker room

This is exactly why we needed points right before halftime.
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1:06p, 10/9/21
Grayson said our defense could be elite.... sorry sir we are light-years away from that we're not even a good defense
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1:07p, 10/9/21
Avr 10 yrd per carry after half so far
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1:08p, 10/9/21
Need to hold to a FG
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1:08p, 10/9/21
Conservative play calling just prior to the half results in lack of energy/momentum.
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1:09p, 10/9/21
Bears need to keep scoring for sure.
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In reply to IowaBear • 1:10p, 10/9/21
IowaBear said:
Need to hold to a FG
Big stop there.
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1:10p, 10/9/21
Did the ref just prevent an interception by intercepting the pass on his own or did it bounce off the ground?
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